왜몰개

Korean

Etymology

Literally "small short-barbel gudgeon." From 왜 (矮, wae, “small”) + 몰개 (molgae, “short-barbel gudgeon”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [wɛmo̞ɭɡɛ] ~ [wɛmo̞ɭɡe̞] ~ [we̞mo̞ɭɡɛ] ~ [we̞mo̞ɭɡe̞]
• Phonetic hangul: [왜몰개/왜몰게/웨몰개/웨몰게]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	waemolgae
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	waemolgae
McCune–Reischauer?	waemolgae
Yale Romanization?	waymol.kay

Noun

왜몰개 • (waemolgae) (hanja 矮몰개)

1. The Venus fish, Aphyocypris chinensis.

References

• National Institute of the Korean Language (Naver.com mirror) (2007 January 19 (last accessed)) “왜몰개 [waemolgae]”, in 표준국어대사전 [pyojun'gugeodaesajeon]‎^[1]
• 김, 익수 with 박종영 (2002) “왜몰개”, in 한국의 민물고기, Seoul: Kyo-Hak Publishing, →ISBN, page 176